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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders will still be the Democratic Nominee [View all]BlueMTexpat
(15,366 posts)perfectly. It is you who do not seem to understand that the caucuses are much more like the SDs you decry.
Those who show up at initial state caucuses represent no one but themselves. They also represent only that segment of a state's population that is physically able to show up at a date, time and place that may prove to be inconvenient for MANY people and remain there for hours and hours. That is why caucuses are per se undemocratic and should be abolished completely.
I have long believed that about caucuses and so do most people I know. It is not simply a revelation I had because my candidate has not done as well in them.
There is literally no way you can extrapolate a popular vote from caucus attendance other than from those voters who showed up.